Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 951 - 876: The New Faction

Chapter 951: Chapter 876: The New Faction

Stekhov, this old brother, was truly a legendary figure!

On the domestic Internet, the vast number of netizens revered him as the "Russian version of Yue Fei," or simply called him "Si Yuefei."

Because of him, the person in the Kremlin was also called "Pu Gou," a name referencing Zhao Gou from the Song Dynasty...

Stekhov was born in 1970, having experienced the rise and fall of the Former Soviet.

He attended a military academy in college and graduated just as the Former Soviet Breakdown happened, during the most chaotic period.

He decisively chose to venture abroad, but not to work overseas; instead, he went to fight in wars!

At that time, De Zuo and Moldova were at war, and Stekhov brought his own weapons and joined De Zuo as a volunteer soldier.

He later participated in the Bosnian War, the First Car City War, the Second Car City War...

Especially during the Second Car City War, Stekhov began to stand out, taking the role of commander of the Security Bureau Special Forces.

He had rich combat experience and strong command abilities. He was best at commanding small detachments to carry out stealth attacks, and many Car-city armed forces were killed. The Car City people were very fearful of Stekhov and even gave him a nickname, "Terrifying death god Gorgin."

What’s more, Stekhov was not only formidable in battle but also had a flair for writing.

During the Car City Wars, he didn’t forget to leverage his advantage as a war correspondent, contributing articles to various Russian media outlets, with commentaries on military, historical, political matters, and even poetry!

After the war’s end, Stekhov also rose through the ranks and stayed to work at the Security Bureau Headquarters, holding a high position.

But this old brother didn’t like to stay idle; he felt that working in Moscow was simply wasting time and life, so after a few years, he resigned!

When he reappeared in the public eye, it was during the world-shaking Crimean incident of 2014.

As for what exactly happened in Crimea at that time, many people might not be clear.

In fact, that incident was due to a fortuitous mistake... or rather, making do with an error...

At the time, Stekhov, in a private capacity, gathered a force of about a hundred, went straight to Crimea, swiftly took over the local military and governmental departments, and persuaded the stationed Ukrainian forces to defect.

At that time, the people in Kiev were too busy with infighting to care about what was happening in Crimea.

Russia saw the situation had turned into a done deal and thought, well, let nature take its course...

And thus later events unfolded...

As a result, Stekhov gained true celebrity, becoming a great hero in many Russians’ hearts!

However, he wasn’t satisfied. After dealing with Crimea, he gathered a group of brothers, said to be less than a hundred, and went to the eastern regions of Ukraine.

There, he performed a series of dazzling "operations."

In a very short time, he assembled an armed force of several thousand and, outnumbered, defeated an army of tens of thousands...

With that momentum, he was even on the verge of taking over all of Ukraine.

This somewhat alarmed the Kremlin, which sent an envoy to forcefully order Stekhov back to Moscow.

That’s how the moniker "Pu Gou" came to be...

Of course, these are all legends from the Internet; nobody can say for certain whether they are true or false.

Perhaps only those directly involved know the real truth of the matter.

But there’s no smoke without fire; in those significant events, Stekhov certainly played a very important role, or else he wouldn’t possess such a large stature.

The Stekhov who came to see Rossiyana wasn’t yet that "legendary."

He was still in the phase of working at the Security Bureau, and hadn’t gone to Crimea yet...

According to the historical timeline, that would be ten years later.

......

After pondering for a moment, Rossiyana seemed to recall Stekhov.

After all, she had been a journalist, and there was a time when the news media often featured his name and deeds. It’s only in the past few years that he had gradually faded from public view.

Rossiyana was surprised at how Stekhov addressed her but did not show it.

She smiled slightly and greeted, "Hello, please have a seat. I’m not sure what brings you here today. Chairman Mikhail has been abroad recently. If you’re here for him, then you might have to come back another day."

Stekhov sat in the chair opposite the desk, sitting up straight.

He said with seriousness, "I’m not here to see Chairman Mikhail this time; I’ve come to find you, Grand Duke of Romanov."

Hearing Stekhov repeat his reference to her as Grand Duke, Rossiyana could no longer avoid the issue.

She asked curiously, "May I ask why you are calling me a Grand Duke? Indeed, I am the Grand Duke of Romanov. But you must know, this is the Duma Building, and here, my position is as the special assistant to Chairman Mikhail; so referring to me as Grand Duke doesn’t seem quite appropriate."

Stekhov shook his head slightly, replying earnestly, "No, because what I’m about to discuss is heavily related to your status as a Grand Duke. Additionally, it is precisely because you are the Grand Duke of Romanov that I came to see you. If you were just the special assistant to the chairman, then this meeting would not be happening today."

At this point, Rossiyana was still thoroughly confused, not quite understanding what Stekhov had come for.